Bicycle-skirt.



UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

KATIE RYAN, OF'ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

BICYCLE-SKIRF.

SPECIFICATION' forming part of Lettis P.tent N 0. 651,389, dated J une 12, 1900.

Application filed May 5, 1899. Serial No. 715,762. (No model.l

T aZZ whom zlt many concern:

Be it known that I, KATIE RYAN, a citizen of the United States, residing ai: St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bicy le-Skirts, of which the following is a speoifieation.

My invention relates to improvements in dress-skirts of that class whieh are adjustable in length, and has for its object to provide a skirt the lower part of whieh oan be raised or lowered evenly at all points and in which the lifting devioes shall be coneealed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 s a perspective view of the garment eomplete, showing the inner skirt in raised position, the lifting devies being indidated by dotted limes. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the complete garment, showin g the inner skirt in 10W- ered position; and Fig. 3 is a similar view of the inner skirt and its attached lifting devices.

The garment is preferably a two-part gaiment, eomprising an outerskirt A, provided with the usual waistband or belt A and an inner skirt B suspended from within 01' seeured to the outer skirt near the waist-line. The outer skirt is the shorter and of suitable length for bieycling, outing, or similar use. The inner skirt B is made, preferably, of thin and flexible material and is provided at the bottom with a band B of the same material as the outer skirt.

A1; a suicable distance below the waist-line, but preferably along its line of connection with the bottom baud B", the inner skirt is provided With a number of sections 01' lifting-pieces B preferably triangular in shape, of cloth or other flexible material, eaoh lifting-piece being secured along one edge to the inner skirt and so positioned that the ends of the seoured edge of each lifting-pieoe shall nearly or quite meet the adjacent ends of the secured edges of the adjacent lifting-pieces to form a substantially-continuons line of attachment all around the skirt. To the free corners of these lifting-pieoes are secured lifting-cords a (1 extending upwardly through openings or eyes a in the waistband or belt A of the outer skirt, the upper ends of these lifting-cords being secured to the belt or to each other in any desired way.

When the lifting-cords a a are drawn up to raise the lower part of the innerskirt, the pull is transmitted through the medium of the lifting-pieees to every point along the line of their secured edges, so that the lower part of the skirt is raised evenly and uniformly all around. The lifting-cords may then be looped or fastened in any desired way.- When s0 drawn up until its lower edge is even with the lower edge of the outer skirt, the inner skirt Will be entirel within and coneealed by'the enter skirt, as shown in Fig. 1. When the cords are released, the inner skirt will drop and form a regularlong skirt, the lower baud B appearin g '50 be a continuation of the outer skirt. V By providing an. outer skirt A, I am enabled to secure the liftingpieces B upon the outside of the inner skirt B to lead the lift ing eords oonveniently from within out through the eyes in the belt of the outer skirt, and to make the upper part of the inner skirt of easiIy-eollapsible material, for this part of the inner skirt and its attaehed lifting-pieces and lifting oords will be entirely Within and concealed from view by the outer skirt.

Having now desoribed my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A dress-skirt of the class deseribed, provided With a plurality of triangular liftingpieces, each seeured along one edge to the skirt, the secured edges of the lifting-pieces fonming a substantially continuous lino around the skirt, the free corners of said lifting pieces having lifting cords attaehed thereto.

2. A double dress-skirt, the outerskirt being the shorter, provided with a plurality of lifting-pieces, eaoh secured along one edge to the inner skirt, the secured edges of the lifting-pieees forming a substantially-continuous lime around the inner skirt, said lifting-pieees being provided with lifting-cords working between the skirts and passing through the waistband.

Dated this 2d day of May, 1899.

KA'lIE RYAN.

Witnesses: A

GEO. E. SCALES, L. FEESER, JP. 

